I always have a culture shock at this stuff because every high schooler in Cyprus does calculus, linear algebra, etc. Yes, if you choose it you do more of it, but if you don't you will do tons starting from middle school (where you don't get choices anyway).
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We even do more than A-level Maths... which shocked me at the time since UK uni for undergrad (compsci) required me to take Maths A-level even though they knew I went to the kind of school I did... I guess that's a massive other tangent about how UK treats overseas students.
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Replying to @o_guest @telescopicserie and
I do think that's an issue. However, it is an insanely difficult problem to track qualifications and schooling in say 50-100 different countries (each with variation within their systems) and personalise an offer. (I once recall having to make an offer based on Peruvian quals)
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Replying to @seriousstats @telescopicserie and
I don't buy this too much as an argument in my case... because I went through it and the system is very old. Cypriots have been studying in the UK since before Cyprus was a country.
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Replying to @o_guest @seriousstats and
Also I didn't get a personalised offer at all. They just asked for 2 A-levels and an apolyterion. Same as everybody else from Cyprus.
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This is half-outsourced in Cyprus to the British Council and High commission and the student themselves. We get our apolyterions translated and do so much legwork. And it counts just as one A-level when it's like 4.
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Replying to @o_guest @telescopicserie and
Part of the problem is the inability to make a personalised offer when you do have good information. Another part is the difficulty of coping with the variety of systems means that we end up with simplistic rules.
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My daughter was offered 7.0/10 (overall mark in the European Baccalaureat, which is not the same as the International Baccalaureate) from Manchester and 8.0/10 from Birmingham, for pretty much the same course. Son was offered between 12 and 15 on French baccaluréat for 4 UK unis.
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That reminds me... I said no to an interview with my first choice because I wanted them to just take me. LMAO
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